Chick Matthews

Chick Matthews (1878-) was an American farmhand from Guthrie Farm during the late 19th century. In 1899, he took out a large loan from loanshark Leopold Strauss and was unable to repay it, so Strauss sent Arthur Morgan to forcibly colllect the debt money. Morgan tracked Matthews down to his farm, and farmhand Ralph S. Long identified Matthews to Morgan as Matthews mounted a horse and rode off, taunting Morgan as an "old man" and saying that he was too slow. Morgan ultimately came close and lassoed him from his horse, hogtying him and stealing his map which showed the hiding place of the debt money inside of a tree. He then left Matthew tied up, leaving him for dead.